Rupert is an interesting guy. I was lucky to have a couple of hours
time with him in his book lined study last year, and then went for a
walk across Hampstead Heath. That is clearly what talking with Rupert
does to you.
The thing about people such as Rupert is that he does not let our
current knowledge of science make him blind to the evidence that is out
there that tells us that we still don't have a complete understanding of
what is going on. That is the problem that I have encountered when
trying to discuss LENR with physicists, it is almost as if their
subconcious refuses to allow them to see any evidence that contradicts
their current scientific worldview. From my experience it can take of
the order of a year to 'convert' someone, and it is very easy for the
process to get derailed along the way.
Of course it will get easier once more and more scientists come to see
that LENR is for real, but there again, Rupert Sheldrake would say that,
wouldn't he?
Nigel
On 06/02/2012 03:28, Harry Veeder wrote:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/feb/05/rupert-sheldrake-interview-science-delusion?newsfeed=true
Rupert Sheldrake: the 'heretic' at odds with scientific dogma
<<...he suggests, scientists are prone to "the recurrent fantasy of
omniscience". The science delusion, in these terms, consists in the
faith that we already understand the nature of reality, in principle,
and that all that is left to do is to fill in the details. "In this
book, I am just trying to blow the whistle on that attitude which I
think is bad for science," he says. In America, the book is called
Science Set Free, which he thinks is probably a better title. "They
were aware that if they called it The Science Delusion it would be
seen as a rightwing tract that was anti-evolution and anti-climate
change. And I want no part of that.">>
Harry
